‘Stop killing babies’, Macron tells Israel

ER Editor: It’s a great pity this guy couldn’t say something equally useful and important at home.

Here’s the BBC report referred to below by RT

Macron calls on Israel to stop killing Gaza’s women and babies

We know ‘Macron’ isn’t Macron. We recommend listening to the BBC interview (it’s short). He can naturally construct English sentences better than we ever remember him being able to do, and with decent grammar. It’s likely no accident that the BBC were given this interview to broadcast. A key media moment?

Note that a ‘pause’ in fighting, as many people have noted, makes no sense; what is needed is a ceasefire, which naturally Israel is 100% against. Amazingly, Macron makes this message crystal clear.

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‘Stop killing babies’, Macron tells Israel

The French president has condemned Hamas but urged a ceasefire in Gaza

RT

Civilians are getting bombed in Gaza and this needs to stop, French President Emmanuel Macron has told the BBC in an interview on Friday.

‘Stop killing babies’, Macron tells Israel

France “clearly condemns” the Hamas attacks of October 7, Macron said“We do share [Israel’s] pain. And we do share their willingness to get rid of terrorism. We know what terrorism means in France.” (ER: Sure we do because the sleeper MK-Ultra’d ‘terrorists’ are always on cue to deliver those Allu Akhbar attacks at critical moments.)

However, he added, there was “no justification” for the ongoing bombing of civilians in Gaza.

“It’s extremely important for all of us, because of our principles, because we are democracies (ER: nope), it’s important for the mid-to-long run, as well for the security of Israel itself, to recognise that all lives matter, the French president said (ER: you can hear the effort at messaging by his scriptwriters. Who are they?).

De facto – today, civilians are bombed – de facto. These babies, these ladies, these old people are bombed and killed. So there is no reason for that and no legitimacy. So we do urge Israel to stop.

Macron spoke with the BBC a day after Paris hosted a humanitarian aid conference about Gaza. The “clear conclusion” of all the governments and agencies that took part, the French president said, was “that there is no other solution than first a humanitarian pause, going to a ceasefire, which will allow [us] to protect… all civilians having nothing to do with terrorists.”

Several NGOs, as well as the governments of Algeria and Colombia, have pushed for prosecuting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for war crimes in Gaza. When pressed about the issue, Macron dodged the question, saying it would not be appropriate for a head of state to criticize “a partner and a friend” just a month after a terrorist attack.

However, he argued that the best way for Israel to defend itself is not a “large bombing of Gaza,” which is only creating “resentment and bad feelings” in the region.

Visiting Israel last month, Macron proposed re-activating the US-led “global coalition against ISIS” – the terrorist group also known as Islamic State – to combat Hamas. Netanyahu did not seem interested, however.

The Israeli PM responded to Macron’s call on Friday by saying that Hamas was responsible for all the deaths in Gaza, because it was using “schools, mosques and hospitals as terror command centers” and civilians as human shields.

“These crimes that Hamas-ISIS is committing today in Gaza, will tomorrow be committed in Paris, New York and everywhere around the world. World leaders must condemn Hamas-ISIS and not Israel,” Netanyahu said.

Israel has said 1,200 of its citizens were killed and 240 abducted in the October 7 incursion by Hamas. As of Friday, more than 11,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed and 27,490 wounded in the month-long Israeli offensive. Another 1.5 million have been displaced, according to the local authorities.

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Source

Featured image, Macron: screengrab, BBC

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